Book Lists

  • The Well of Truth by Martha Hamilton, Mitch Weiss
  • The Raven and the Loon by Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley
  • The Dancing Turtle: A Folktale from Brazil by Pleasant DeSpain
  • What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? by Julie Ellis (Greece, Egypt)
  • Eclipse by Darcy Pattison (Brazil [Principe Island], Democratic Republic of São Tomé,  Príncipe)
  • Pollen: Darwin's 130 Year Prediction by Darcy Pattison (England, Germany, Madagascar)
  • Rachel Carson and Her Book that Changed the World by Laurie Lawlor (North America)
  • The Girl Who Thought in Pictures by Julia Finley Mosca (Arizona, USA)
  • Born Curious: 20 Girls Who Grew Up to Be Awesome Scientists by Martha Freeman (various)
  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (Malawi)
  • Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tompert (China)
  • Mayans Count by Xavier Gómez Auriac (Central America)
  • Fossil Huntress: Mary Leakey, Paleontologist by Andi Diehn and Katie Mazeika (Tanzania)
  • Secrets of the Sea: The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist by Evan Griffith (Italy, England)
  • A Butterfly is Patient
  • A Seed is Sleepy
  • A Nest is Noisy
  • An Egg is Quiet
  • A Rock is Lively
  • Feathers: Not Just for Flying
  • Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs
  • Seashells: More Than a Home
  • A Place for Bats
  • Under the Snow
  • Thank You, Baobab Tree by Mi-hwa Joo & Yun-heu Park (Madagascar)
  • Unlikely Friendships: The Dog and the Piglet by Jennifer Holland
  • The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi (Korea)
  • Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog by Pamela Turner & Yan Nascimbene (Japan)
  • Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne (East Africa)
  • Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee by Roberta Edwards & Carol Schwartz (Southeast Asia)
  • Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey by Doug Kuntz, Amy Shrodes, & Sue Cornelison (Iraq & Greece)
  • Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
  • Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
  • Margaret and Margarita / Margarita y Margare by Lynn Reiser
  • Dear Juno by Soyung Pak & Susan Kathleen Hartung (Korea)
  • The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffle
  • Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (France)
  • First Come the Zebra by Lynne Barasch (Kenya)
  • Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson& Fumi Kosaka (world)
  • Ordinary Mary's Positively Extraordinary Day by Emily Pearson& Fumi Kosaka
  • Ah, Music! by Aliki
  • Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa by Veronica Chambers (Cuba)
  • The Bremen-Town Musicians by Ilse Plume (Germany)
  • Kenya's Song by Linda Trice (Carribean)
  • Music Everywhere! by Maya Ajmera, Elise Hofer Derstine, Cynthia Pon (world)
  • Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist by Susan Wood (Mexico)
  • Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss
  • Mortimer by Robert Munsch (Canada)
  • Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett (France)
  • Mr. Putter and Tabby Toot the Horn by Cynthia Rylant
  • Drum City by Thea Guidone
  • Yard Sale by Eve Bunting (United States)
  • Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges (China)
  • Babu's Song by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen (Tanzania)
  • Tía Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina (United States)
  • Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams (Malawi)
  • Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni
  • For the Right to Learn: Malala Yousafzai's Story by Rebecca Ann Langston-George (Pakistan)
  • The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola (United States)
  • A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams (United States)
  • Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake (United States - Alaska)
  • How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina Friedman (Japan)
  • Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina (Cuba)
  • Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema (Kenya)
  • It's Mine! by Leo Lionni (The Netherlands)
  • All the Way to America by Dan Yaccarino (Italy)
  • Amos and Boris by William Steig (The Ivory Coast)
  • This Is How We Do It by Matt LaMothe (world)
  • Little Guides to Great Lives by Marie Curie (Poland)
  • I Live in Tokyo by Mari Takabayashi (Japan)
  • Starry Messenger by Sidereus Nuncius (Italy)
  • Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne (France)
  • Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns by Hena Khan (Saudi Arabia)
  • Masai and I by Virginia L. Kroll (Kenya & Tanzania)
  • Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky (world)
  • Neo Leo by Gene Barretta (Italy)
  • Me, Frida by Amy Novesky (Mexico)
  • Hello Ocean by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Pacific Ocean)
  • Koala Lou by Mem Fox (Australia)
  • Africa Is Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight & Mark Melnicove (countries in Africa)
  • The Magical Garden of Claude Monet by Laurence Anholt (France)
  • The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen (China)
  • Anna and her Rainbow-Covered Yoga Mats by Giselle Shardlow (India)
  • Mistakes that Worked by Charlotte Jones​ (world)
  • The Hat by Jan Brett (Scandinavia)
  • Suki's Kimono by Cheri Uegaki (Japan)
  • Abuela's Weave by Enrique O. Sanchez (Guatemala)
  • I'm New Here by Anne Sibley O'Brien (Guatemala, Korea & Somalia)
  • Clothing of the World by Paula Skelley
  • Same, Same But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (India & United States)
  • The Golden Sandal by Rebecca Hickox (Iraq)
  • I Lived on Butterly Hill by Marjorie Agosin (Chile)
  • Home by Carson Ellis (world)
  • If You Lived Here: Houses of the World by Giles Laroche 
  • Pueblos: American Indian Homes by Jack Manning (Mexico & Southwest United States)
  • National Geographic Readers: Pyramids by Laura Marsh (Egypt)
  • National Geographic Readers: Skyscrapers by Libby Romero (world)
  • Gustave Eiffel's Spectacular Idea: The Eiffel Tower by Sharon Katz Cooper (France)
  • Igloos: American Indian Homes by Jack Manning (Canada & Northern United States)
  • 13 Buildings Children Should Know by Annette Roeder (world)
  • Koala Lou by Mem Fox (Australia)
  • Fritz and the Beautiful Horses by Jan Brett (Austria)
  • Meerkats by National Geographic (Kalahari Desert)
  • Elephants by National Geographic (India)
  • One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies (Brazil)
  • Think of an Eel by Karen Wallace (Sargasso Sea)
  • Camels by Seedlings (Egypt)
  • Bears in the Forest by Karen Wallace (Canada)
  • Chameleons are Cool by Martin Jenkins (Madagascar)
  • Cuckoo by Lois Ehlert (Mexico)
  • Unlikely Friendships by Jennifer Holland (around the globe)
  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (England)
  • We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey Through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs (United Republic of Tanzania)
  • National Geographic: Polar Bears (The Artic)
  • National Geographic: Penguins (Antarctica)
  • See What a Seal Can Do by Christine Butterworth (Scotland)
  • Tracks of a Panda by Nick Dowson (China)
  • Walk with a Wolf by Janni Howker (Canada - Yukon Territory)
  • Tigress by Nick Dowson (India)
  • Stork's Landing by Tami Lehman-Wilzig (Israel)
  • Moon Rope: Un Lazo a la Luna by Lois Ehlert (Peru)
  • The One and Only Ivan by K. A. Applegate
  • Yoko by Rosemary Wells (Japan)
  • Fortune Cookie Fortunes by Grace Lin (China)
  • Round is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong (Mexico)
  • Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris (Israel)
  • The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord (England)
  • Bee Bim Bop by Linda Sue Park (Taiwan)
  • Strega Nona by Tomie dePaolo (Italy)
  • Stone Soup by Marcia Brown (France)
  • Mama Panya's Pancakes: A Village Tale from Kenya by Mary and Rich Chamberlin (Kenya)
  • Cora Cooks Pancit by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore (The Phillipines)
  • Julia Child: An Extraordinary Life in Words and Pictures by Erin Hagar (France)
  • Journey by Aaron Becker
  • Ganesha's Sweet Tooth by Emily Haynes & Sanjay Patel
  • Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
  • Imagine by Alison Lester
  • No Such Thing as Nessie by Chani McBain
  • My Little Island by Frane Lessac
  • The Littlest Matryoshka by Corinne Demas Bliss
  • Possum Magic by Mem Fox
  • The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
  • William and the Missing Masterpiece by Helen Hancocks
  • Inside Out and Back Again by Thanha Lai
  • Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change by Garth Sundem
  • Courage by Bernard Waber
  • All the Colors We Are by Katie Kissinger
  • The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by Meghan McCarthy
  • Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan by Jeanette Winter
  • Cesar Chavez by Susan Eddy
  • The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan Roth and Cindy Trumbone
  • Madame Martine by Sarah Brannen
  • Clemente! by Willie Perdomo
  • Nelson Mandela by Karima Grant
  • Games by Lisa Easterling
  • Kite Flying by Grace Lin
  • Pele, King of Soccer by Monica Brown
  • What It’s Like to be Mariano Rivera by John Bankston
  • Surf’s Up for Kimo by Kerry Germain
  • Dog Team by Gary Paulson       
  • Kiana’s Iditerod by Shelley Gill
  • Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia by Ted Lewin
  • Beautiful Warrior:  The Legend of theKung Fu by Emily Arnold McCully
  • When Children Play:  The Story of Right to Play by Gina McMurchy Barber
  • Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
  • Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein
  • I have the Right to Be a Child by Alain Serres
  • Same, Same, but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
  • Waiting for the Biblioburro by Monica Brown
  • Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey and Giselle Potter
  • Desmond and the Very Mean Word by Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams
  • Frida by Jonah Winter
  • Rain School by James Rumford
  • Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winte
  • The Bathing Costume: Or My Worst Vacation Ever by Charlotte Moundlic
  • Circle Unbroken by Margo Theis Raven
  • Colours: What Color is That by National Gallery of Australia
  • Gutenberg and the Printing Press by Kay Melchisedech Olson
  • Songs from the Baobab: African Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes by Chantal Grosleziat
  • Diego by Jonah Winter
  • Liu and the Bird: A Journey in Chinese Calligraphy by Catherine Louis
  • Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad by James Rumford
  • Market Day by Lois Ehlert
  • My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me by Margaret Courtney-Clark
  • Under the Spell of the Moon by Patricia Aldana (editor)
  • My Village: Rhymes from Around the World by Danielle Wright  
  • Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People by Monica Brown   
  • Chasing Degas by Eva Motanari   
  • Peaceful Pieces by Anna Grossnickle Hines  
  • Fiesta Babies by Carmen Tafolia    
  • Uncommon Traveler:  Mary Kingsley in Africa by Don Brown  
  • Never Forgotten by Patricia McKissack   
  • The Good Garden by Kate Smith Milway   
  • Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life; of Sustainable Farming by Jane Reynolds 
  • A Path of Stars by Ann Sibley O’Brien    
  • Skip Across the Ocean:  Nursery Rhymes from  Around the World by Fioella Benjamin   
  • Amazing Faces by Lee Bennett Hopkins  
  • How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina Friedman   
  • My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits 
  • The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi 
  • Nadia’s Hands by Karen English   
  • I Hate English by Ellen Levine 
  • One Green Apple by Eve Bunting and Ted Lewin 
  • How Many Days to America: A Thanksgiving Story by Eve Bunting  
  • Marianthe’s Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories by Aliki  
  • Apple Pie, Fourth of July by Janet Wong 
  • Benjamin and the Word by Danie
  • Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney  
  • Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Shuett  
  • Everybody Bakes Bread by Norah Dooley  
  • Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley  
  • Everybody Serves Soup by Norah Dooley  
  • Everybody Brings Noodles by Norah Dooley  
  • Madlenka by Peter Sis  
  • Madlenka’s Dog bu Peter Sis  
  • The Peace Book by Todd Parr  
  • The Seven Continents by Wil Mara
  • Running Shoes by Frederick Lipps
  • Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup by Tomie de Paola 
  • My Name is Celia by Monica Brown
  • Tea Leaves by Frederick J. Lipp
  • 3 Trickster Tales
  • Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
  • Zomo the Rabbit  by Gerald McDermott
  • Papagayo the Mischief Makerby Gerald McDermott 
  • Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World by G. Brian Kalas
  • Minutka:  Bilingual Dog and Friends by Anna Myceck Wodecki
  • Children Around the World by Donata Montanari (illus)
  • Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney  
  • Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Shuett  
  • Everybody Bakes Bread by Norah Dooley  
  • Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley  
  • Everybody Serves Soup by Norah Dooley  
  • Everybody Brings Noodles by Norah Dooley  
  • Madlenka by Peter Sis  
  • Madlenka’s Dog bu Peter Sis  
  • The Peace Book by Todd Parr  
  • The Seven Continents by Wil Mara
  • Running Shoes by Frederick Lipps
  • Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup by Tomie de Paola 
  • My Name is Celia by Monica Brown
  • Tea Leaves by Frederick J. Lipp
  • 3 Trickster Tales
  • Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
  • Zomo the Rabbit  by Gerald McDermott
  • Papagayo the Mischief Makerby Gerald McDermott 
  • Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World by G. Brian Kalas
  • Minutka:  Bilingual Dog and Friends by Anna Myceck Wodecki
  • Children Around the World by Donata Montanari (illus)
  • Trickster Tales and Fairy Tales
  • The Librarian of Basra:  A True Story by Jeanette Winter
  • Coyote: A trickster tale from the American Southwest
  • Anansi the Spider: A trickster tale from the Ashanti
  • Jabuti the Tortoise: A trickster tale from the Amazon
  • Monkey Business by Wallace Edwards
  • Grandfather’s Dream by Holly Keller
  • Crayfishing with Grandmother by Jill Bag nall
  • My Name is Gabriela by Monica Brown
  • Ronny by Nenad Vujadinovic
  • Are We There Yet? by Alison Lester  
  • Down Under (Vanishing Cultures) by Jan Reynolds  
  • In the Heart of the Village The World of the Indian Banyan Tree by Barbara Bash 
  • Tiger of the Snows: Tenzing Norgay, The Boy 
    Whose Dream Was Everest by Robert Burleigh
  • Adventures of Riley: Tigers in Teraiby Amanda Lumry and Laura Hurwitz  
  • Erika-San by Allen Say 
  • Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say 
  • A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Harry Mager 
  • Hannah’s Winter by Kierin Meehan
  • Biblioburro:  A True Story from Columbia by Jeanette Winter 
  • Come Look with Me:  Latin American Art by Kimberly Lane 
  • Tio Conejo:  Uncle Rabbit and Other Latin American Trickster Tales by Olga Loya 
  • 14 Cows for America  Carmen by Agra Deedy with Wilson Kimeli Nalyomah 
  • Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier  
  • Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Mary Williams 
  • A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead by Nancy Luenen, Robert Chapman 
  • Nabeel’s New Pants: An Eid Tale by Fawzia Gilani-Williams 
  • Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter 
  • Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
  • Little Red Riding Hood
  • Lon Po Po
  • The Sun Girl and Moon Boy